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Terry McQuilkin
Laura Damiani
Jen Lindsey
Jennifer Rowan
Harriett Smith
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by Terry McQuilkin
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LSA News
No.98, June 2009
Connecting with Goodreads
(continued)
Goodread's social networking aspect is comfortably low-key. It lacks
the
superficial (often inane) comment-response format that is
characteristic of Facebook. In addition to comparing book reviews with
people
on my friends list, I have had interesting and substantive exchanges
with Goodreads members in Australia and Germany related to our
respective reviews of books we've both read. I've also added myself to
several special interest readers' and writers' groups: Bookreaders of
the Pacific Northwest, Poetry, and Writerpedia , all of which offer
discussion boards and send out occasional messages, updates or
invitations to cast a vote in poetry contests. There are all manner of
book clubs and discussion groups, including such examples as Fantastic
Fiction, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Queereaders, New
Disney Haters, Book Addicts, the Next Best Book Club, People Who Won't
Change the Subject from Vampires and the Aussie Readers.
Nowadays, a week rarely passes when I don't fire up Goodreads and the
EPL's online catalog and place a flurry of book requests. I've
discovered books that I would likely never have found on my own, as well
as a long list of new authors. I also realize what a great resource it
is that allows me to easily keep track of what I've read (and whether I
liked it) and allows me to send specific recommendations to specific
friends who have similar tastes. Now I've been longing to discover a
comparable web resource for tracking films I've watched and enjoyed (or
hated) but whose titles, directors and actors I can't seem to remember
(and no, I don't use Netflix!).
Here are several links to reviews and commentary on Goodreads and other
book networking sites:
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